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Determinants of urbanization
Hofman, Anett; Wan, Guangha - 2013
In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous literature has largely neglected the issue in favor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781149
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Governance fragmentation and urban spatial expansion : evidence from Europe and the United States
Beghelli, Silvia; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2019
fragmentation and the spatial size of cities in a sample of 180 metropolitan areas in the contexts of the US and Europe in the … administrative fragmentation impacts positively on land uptake in both the United States and Europe, although to different extents. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111232
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Governance Fragmentation and Urban Spatial Expansion : Evidence from Europe and the United States
Beghelli, Silvia - 2020
fragmentation and the spatial size of cities in a sample of 180 metropolitan areas in the contexts of the US and Europe in the … administrative fragmentation impacts positively on land uptake in both the United States and Europe, although to different extents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843553
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Market potential and distance decay : growth and decline of sectors across locations in urban regions
Klaesson, Johan; Johansson, Börje - 2013
This paper introduces a model which identifies the economic activity of each local economy (location) and observes the time distance between each pair of locations as well as the average time distance between sub locations in each local economy. The study focuses on five categories of firms:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560011
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What makes cities bigger and richer? : new evidence from 1990 - 2000 in the US
González-Val, Rafael - 2011
This paper analyses the determinants of growth of American cities, understood as growth of the population or of per capita income, from 1990 to 2000. This empirical analysis uses data from all cities with more than 25,000 inhabitants in the year 2000 (1154 cities). The results show that while a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548599
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Cross-Sectional Growth In US Cities from 1990 to 2000
González-Val, Rafael - 2014
This paper analyses the growth of American cities, understood as the growth of the population or of the per capita income, from 1990 to 2000. This empirical analysis uses data from all the cities (incorporated places) with more than 25,000 inhabitants in the year 2000 (1152 cities). The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050349
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Urban-Biased Growth : A Macroeconomic Analysis
Eckert, Fabian; Ganapati, Sharat; Walsh, Conor - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Since 1980, US wage growth has been fastest in large cities. Empirically, we show that most of this urban-biased growth reflects wage growth at large Business Services firms, which are also the most intensive users of information and communications technology (ICT) capital in the US economy. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388871
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"Small cities blues" : looking for growth factors in small and medium-sized cities
Erickcek, George A. (contributor);  … - 2004
The purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to identify particular public policies which have the potential to increase the economic viability of smaller metropolitan areas and cities. We identify characteristics associated with smaller metro areas that performed better-than-expected...
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Smaller cities in a world of competitiveness
Kresl, Peter Karl; Ietri, Daniele - 2016 - First published
competitiveness in Europe -- Summing it up : options for smaller cities …
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Left-behind vs. unequal places : interpersonal inequality, economic decline, and the rise of populism in the US and Europe
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Terrero-Dávila, Javier; Lee, Neil - 2023
interpersonal inequality, and the rise of far-right populism in Europe and in the US. The analysis -conducted at small region level … for Europe and county level for the US- shows that there are both similarities and differences in the factors connected to … minorities shunned populism. In Europe, the most significant factor behind the rise of far-right populism is economic decline …
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